One criticism of the DSM noted by your authors is that it
adheres to a _____ model, which means that a person is seen as either having a mental disorder, or not having a mental disorder. There is little or no allowance for "degrees" of a disorder.
A) dimensional
B) categorical
C) diathesis
D) sociological
Answer: B
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The four categories of symptoms included in an illness anxiety inventory are __________.
A. behaviors, actions, perceptions, and emotions B. perceptions, cognitive expectations, emotions, and actions C. cognitive expectations, actions, thoughts, and emotions D. emotions, perceptions, thoughts, and behaviors
The research method of studying infant temperament by interviewing the parents is . . .
b. The only valid method for evaluating infant temperament c. Flawed because it fails to include input from the infants about their parents d. The only possible method, flawed or not, because infants’ speech is unreliable
Without some correction, the percentage of agreement between two observers will tend to overestimate the true level of inter-rater reliability
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A major goal of modern inpatient psychiatric treatment is:
A) keeping people with mental illness out of the community for as long as possible. B) permanently curing mental illness. C) quickly returning patients to society as soon as possible. D) punishing the criminally insane.